crime and punishment

Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to Fourteen Years

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich leaves his home to go to his sentencing hearing December 7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. Federal prosecutors are seeking a sentence of 15 to 20 years in prison for Blagojevich after he was found guilty of 17 public corruption charges.
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The corrupt former governor of Illinois, who tried to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat and is also guilty of appearing on Celebrity Apprentice, was sentenced today to fourteen years in prison. Will there even be reality television when he gets out in the mid-to-late 2020s? Maybe by then we will just call it life.

Rod Blagojevich Sentenced to Fourteen Years